Complications of endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract: A single-center experience

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1264-1267

  Wolfsen, Herbert C ^a   Hemminger, Lois L ^a   Achem, Sami R ^a   Loeb, David S ^a   Stark, Mark E ^a   Bouras, Ernest P ^a   DeVault, Kenneth R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM PERFORATION; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 4644351713     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.10.1264     Document Type: Article

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